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The explosion looked like a nuclear cloud, and the aftermath, like 9/11. Prayers to #Beirut. 📷 @reuterspictures

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How's this for a picture of grief and resolve due to Covid? The revered 44th annual #ComicCon in San Diego might be canceled, but that didn't stop cosplayers from *performing* at its annual blood drive. Amusing, but also a crisis of character. ( 📷 @DanielKnighton @gettyimages)

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Pix of vote-by-mail QC and long-standing, reliable & bipartisan security practices fact check political disinformation campaign. What visual media is here for—& another reason why it’s been open season on journalists and the media.

Lindsey "Member of the Media" Wasson@lindseywasson

For @Reuters: Got a look around the @ThurstonCounty ballot processing center here in WA as mail-in voting continues to be a big topic of discussion. Here, ballots go thru signature verification and manual inspection, with cameras recording at all times: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-disinformation-insight/local-u-s-election-officials-fight-disinformation-virus-whether-from-overseas-or-trump-idUSKCN24V1R3

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As we mind our most vulnerable, pic of Empowering Deaf Society director in London was taken last Wednesday, 3 days after 30th anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct. Wear a mask. (📷 @hannahmckay88 @reuterspictures. cc @DeafUnity @ADANational)

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Wire pic of people masked up at a Madrid nightclub. If there's a takeaway, don't the precautions defeat the purpose? @manufernandezap @AP_Images

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